The Gospel according to...
John
The Gospel of John, traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, offers a unique portrayal of Jesus Christ compared to the other gospel accounts. John's Gospel emphasises the divinity of Jesus, presenting Him as the pre-existent Word who became flesh
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Key Chapters
Jesus teaches
Nicodemus
“Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." - John 3:3
In Nicodemus' discourse with Jesus, we see a man whose hesitant first steps towards Christ result in a transformative conversation about what it means to be a Christian and the importance of being born again in the Spirit​.​
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Jesus feeds the five thousand
"...they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” - John 6:14
Aside from the resurrection, the feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle that is recorded in all four gospels, making it an event that we should be particularly attentive to if we are to understand the person of Jesus Christ.
The Way, the truth and the life
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" - John 14:6
In telling His disciples that He is “the way, the truth, and the life," Christ makes a profound comment on who He is, the authority of His teachings, and what those who choose to follow Him will inherit.
Jesus teaches Nicodemus
Scripture
John 3:3-16
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
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“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
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Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
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“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Jesus feeds the five thousand
Scripture
John 6:5-14
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
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Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
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Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
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When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
The Way, The Truth, and The life
Scripture
John 14:5-14
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
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Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
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Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.